US3727113A - Control system for electrophotographic reproduction machines - Google Patents

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US3727113A
US3727113A US00229934A US3727113DA US3727113A US 3727113 A US3727113 A US 3727113A US 00229934 A US00229934 A US 00229934A US 3727113D A US3727113D A US 3727113DA US 3727113 A US3727113 A US 3727113A
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    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
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    • G03G15/00—Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern
    • G03G15/50—Machine control of apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern, e.g. regulating differents parts of the machine, multimode copiers, microprocessor control
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    • G03G15/02—Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for laying down a uniform charge, e.g. for sensitising; Corona discharge devices
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  • Field of the Invention pertains to electrophotographic reproduction machines and, more particularly, to systems for such machines to control the operation thereof in response to charging of a sheet of copy paper.
  • electrophotographic reproduction machines In order to increase the operative lifetime of many components of electrophotographic reproduction machines, it is desirable to energize or operate such components only for the period of time required in the reproduction cycle and not continuously. Accordingly, electrophotographic reproduction machines employing such components normally include control devices operating such components so that they are intermittently energized only for that specific time required to properly reproduce an original. In many electrophotographic reproduction machines, operation is commenced upon the sensing of the introduction of an original or copy sheet of paper into the machine, and the sensing of the introduction of such original or copy paper is utilized to energize the intermittently operated components, such as lamps, motors and the like.
  • microswitches In order to sense the introduction of paper into electrophotographic reproduction machines, microswitches are commonly utilized; however, such microswitches are inherently fragile, easily damaged and have a tendency to provide inaccurate timing due to incorrect or inprecise handling of paper to be introduced into the machine, such as stuffing such paper into the machine.
  • microswitches do not provide sufficient reliability and long use, and it is leakage current of a first level passing from the corona charging wire to the screen when no sheet of material to be charged is in proximity thereto and having a variation in the leakage current when a sheet of material to be charged is in proximity thereto, and a control circuit for sensing the variation in leakage current and responsive thereto to control the operation of the component whereby the component is operated in timed relation with the positioning of the sheet of material to generally preferred to use photo-electric cells or similar elements to detect the passage of paper at a specific position within the machine without physically contacting the paper as is required with microswitches.
  • Photoelectric cells and similar detector elements have been successfully utilized to sense the passage of paper in electrophotographic reproduction machines; however, systems utilizing such detectors require special light sources and supplementary electrical circuitry normally requiring stabilization in order not to provide inadvertent operation. Accordingly, systems utilizing photo-electric cells for the detection of paper tend to be relatively complex, expensive andcumbersome and, therefore, do not present an entirely satisfactory solution to the problem of providing intermittent control for an electrophotographic reproduction machine.
  • the present invention is generally characterized in a control system for operating a component of an electrophotographic reproduction machine including a corona charging device with at least one corona charging wire and a screen partially surrounding the corona charging wire, the corona charging device having a be charged at the corona charging device.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a control system for an electrophotographic reproduction machine without utilizing photo-cells or microswitches to detect the movement of paper.
  • the present invention has a further object in that the movement of a sheet of paper through a corona charging electrode device is sensed to control the operation of other components of the machine, for example, the energization of high intensity illumination lamps for exposing the electrophotographic copy paper from the original.
  • Yet another object of the present invention is to control the operation of an electrophotographic reproduction machine by sensing the proximity of a foreign body, such as a sheet of copy paper, at a corona charging device.
  • a further object of the present invention is to provide a control system for an electrophotographic reproduction machine of the type including at least one corona charging wire partially surrounded by a grounded screen to energize a semiconductor switch in response to current variation sensed in response to movement of a foreign body in proximity to the corona charging wire.
  • control system of the present invention detects movement of paper without physically contacting the paper, the control system has a reduced number of components and may be easily installed and reliability of accurate detection is increased.
  • FIG. 1 is a chematic diagram of a conventional corona charging device for use with electrophotographic reproduction machines.
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of another conventional corona charging device for use with an electrophotographic reproduction machine.
  • FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a control system according to the present invention.
  • FIGS. I and 2 are simplified schematic diagrams of conventional corona charging systems for such electrophotographic reproduction machines.
  • a corona charging electrode device is generally indicated at 10 and includes a corona charging wire 12 electrically connected to receive a high positive or negative potential from a terminal 14 of a current generator or source of electricity 1 6, the other terminal 18 of source 16 being grounded.
  • a screen 20 partially surrounds corona charging wire 12 and is grounded at 22; and, as
  • the corona electrode device may have I more than one corona charging wire with the screen 20 partially surrounding all such wires.
  • a foreign body 24 such as a sheet of electrophotographic copy paper or other material to be charged is moved in proximity to corona device 10
  • a high potential such as I 6,000v.,'is supplied to wire 12 in order to ionize the fers from the corona charging system of FIG. '1 primarily only in the addition of another corona charging electrode device positioned diametrically opposite the first corona electrode device.
  • the corona electrode device 26 includes a positive corona electrode device 26 disposed directly above a negative corona electrode tional existing 1 l0 or 220 AC in order to provide the high positive and negative potentials on terminals 42 and 44, respectively.
  • the source 40' has a high impedance and maybe considered a current generator to supply the high voltages at terminals 42 and 44.
  • a capacitance Cl is formed between the positive and negative corona charging wires 30 and 36, and a leakage resistance R1 extends thereacross, as shown in phantom.
  • a capacitance C2 exists between corona charging wires 30 and screen 32, and a capacitance C3 exists across corona charging wires 36 and screen 38.
  • Leakage resistors R2 and R3 are similarly formed across corona charging wires 30 and 36 and screens 32 and 38, respectively.
  • the control system according to the present invention is based on the utilization of the variation in current caused by the introduction of a sheet of copy I paper or other foreign body in proximity to a corona electrode device to trigger an electrical circuit for use in controlling operation of peripheral equipment or components of an electrophotographic reproduction machine, such as to energize the high intensitylamps thereof.
  • FIG. 3 wherein apreferred embodiment of such control system is illustrated.
  • the corona charging system of FIG. 3 is similar to that illustrated and described with respect to FIG. 2, and identical reference numbers are utilized to identify identical components.
  • the primary difference between the corona charging system of FIG. 2 and that of FIG. 3 is
  • screen 32 is not directly grounded but rather is connected to ground through a variable resistor 48.
  • An AC source 49 is illustrated as supplying a power input to source or current generator 40 which rectifies andsteps up the voltage to supply the high positive and negative potentials on terminals 42 and 44, respectively.
  • the junction of the resistor 48 and screen 32 is connected to a gate electrode of a controlled rectifier 49 which has its cathode connected to ground such that the gate to cathode voltage corresponds to the voltage drop across resistor 48.
  • An AC source 50 is connected across a primary winding 52 of a transformer 54 which has a secondary winding 56 connected at one terminal to ground and at the other terminal to one junction of the parallel combination of a relay winding 58- and a holding capacitor 60; the other junction of the parallel combination being connected to the anode of -controlled rectifier 49.
  • Relay winding 58 controls contacts 60 and 62 which are adapted to be connected in series between a source of electricity for the electrophotographic reproduction machines and a component to.
  • the controlled rectifier 49 is illustrated and described hereinafter as an SCR or thyristor; however, it will be appreciated that any switching device, preferably of semiconductor construction, such as a transistor or other three or four terminal controlled devices may be utilized with the control system of the present invention.
  • the source 40 maintains a high negative potential on corona charging wires 36 and a high positive potential on corona charging wires 30 in the same manner as described with respect to the corona charging system of FIG. 2.
  • a foreign body such as the sheet of copyv paper 47
  • a source of electricity connected in series between said anode and cathode of said controlled rectifier whereby said controlled rectifier is triggered in response to said variation in leakage current to energize said relay means.
  • a control system for operating a component of an electrophotographic reproduction machine comprising corona charging means adapted to receive a sheet of material to be charged, said corona charging means including first and second corona electrode devices disposed in diametric opposition to receive the sheet of material to be charged and high impedance generator means supplying a high positive potential to said first corona electrode device and a high negative potential to said second corona electrode device, said corona charging means having a leakage current of a first level prior to receiving the sheet of material to be charged and having a leakage current increasing above said first level after the sheet of material is received between said first and second corona electrode devices; and control means for sensing said increase in leakage cludes at least one corona charging wire and a screen' partially surrounding said corona charging wire, said leakage current passing from said corona chargingwire to said screen of one of said first or second corona electrode devices, and said control means includes means for sensing said leakage current passing from said screen to a reference potential.
  • said current sensing means includes resistance means connected between said screen and the reference potential to receive said leakage current, and switch means responsive to the voltage drop across said resistance means.

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